Malte Schröder wrote: > Hello, > on one of my machines neither 2.6.24 nor 2.6.24.1 work. > The system is 64bit on Athlon X2 and ATI-Chipset (SB600). > > Extract from the kernel messages during boot: > > [ 66.943103] ahci 0000:00:12.0: controller can't do 64bit DMA, forcing 32bit > [ 66.950374] ahci 0000:00:12.0: controller can't do PMP, turning off CAP_PMP > [ 67.956470] ahci 0000:00:12.0: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl SATA mode > [ 67.964996] ahci 0000:00:12.0: flags: ncq sntf ilck pm led clo pio slum part > [ 67.972820] scsi0 : ahci > [ 67.975699] scsi1 : ahci > [ 67.978445] scsi2 : ahci > [ 67.981178] scsi3 : ahci > [ 67.983949] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfadffc00 port 0xfadffd00 irq 509 > [ 67.991825] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfadffc00 port 0xfadffd80 irq 509 > [ 67.999729] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfadffc00 port 0xfadffe00 irq 509 > [ 68.007619] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfadffc00 port 0xfadffe80 irq 509 > [ 68.470669] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > [ 98.431945] ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > [ 98.454907] ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) > [ 98.461296] ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs > [ 103.916773] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > [ 133.878045] ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > [ 133.882371] ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) > [ 133.888797] ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs > [ 139.343901] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > [ 169.305174] ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > [ 169.309534] ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) > [ 169.315926] ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs > [ 174.771030] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > > The complete boot-log (captured via serial console), lspci output, > output of hdparm -I and the kernel config are attached. > > The PC has one IDE-drive and four SATA-drives (see hdparm.txt). > If I wait long enough, the IDE-drive get's recognized and I can > continue the boot process, but the SATA-drives are never recognized. > The system work's fine with kernel 2.6.23.11 (later kernels not tested). Does irqpoll kernel parameter help? -- tejun - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html